Setup guide

Mbox 2 Setup Guide52
SCSI Hard Drives
We recommend qualified SCSI hard drives and a
qualified SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) card or
(on Windows systems) a qualified built-in SCSI
HBA connector on the motherboard.
For complete information on track count and
the supported number and configuration of
SCSI drives, visit our website at:
www.digidesign.com/compatibility
FireWire Hard Drives
We recommend qualified FireWire drives and
(on Windows systems) a qualified FireWire host
adapter.
For complete information on track count and
the supported number and configuration of
FireWire drives, visit our website at:
www.digidesign.com/compatibility
IDE/ATA/SATA Hard Drives
A qualified internal IDE/ATA/SATA drive may be
used as a dedicated audio drive.
For complete information on track count with
internal drives, visit our website at:
www.digidesign.com/compatibility
Formatting an Audio Drive
Formatting Mac Audio Drives
For optimum performance, audio drives should
be formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
To format an audio drive:
1 Launch the Disk Utility application, located in
Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities.
2 Click the Erase tab.
3 Select the drive you want to initialize in the
column on the left side of the window.
4 Choose the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for-
mat.
5 Type a name for the new volume.
6 If you plan to connect the drive to a Mac OS 9
computer, select Install Mac OS 9 Drivers.
7 Click Erase.
The drive appears on the Desktop with the new
volume name.
Disk Utility (Mac OS X)
Do not choose the “Case-Sensitive” format
option. Pro Tools will not operate properly
with case-sensitive formatted drives.